Leaked credentials detection now scans the Authorization request header for Basic Authentication credentials. Previously, the detection only inspected request bodies, query strings, and headers for well-known web applications or custom detection locations, which meant credentials sent through HTTP Basic Authentication were not covered by default. This new default scan location decodes the Authorization: Basic header and compares the extracted username and password against Cloudflare’s database of leaked credentials, the same way as other default scan locations.
WAF - Leaked credentials detection now scans Authorization headers
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August 20, 2026
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